1848 Stanley Dock Pumphouse Restaurant Liverpool Waterfront
6 + 5 October 2026
New Liverpool restaurant opening at historic Stanley Dock pumphouse
Location: southeast corner of Titanic Hotel Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
To celebrate World Architecture Day (5th October), the owners of Stanley Dock in Liverpool have revealed the name of a new restaurant set to open this winter in the historic Victorian pumphouse, following a £1.5 million transformation.
image courtesy of Harcourt Developments
The Grade II-listed Hydraulic Pumphouse and Accumulator Tower is being transformed into a stunning new 120-seat pizzeria called 1848 Stanley Dock, a nod to the opening date of Stanley Dock by Jesse Hartley.
Operated by Titanic Hotel Liverpool and owned by Harcourt Developments, the 4,400 sq ft (410 sq m) restaurant will bring a new dining destination to the city’s iconic waterfront.
The new restaurant will combine the character of the original Victorian pumphouse with contemporary design. Taking centre stage is a glass-walled extension with 18.5 ft-tall ceilings overlooking the dock, with glazed doors opening to a waterfront dining terrace.
Connecting the glazed extension with the original brick boiler room will be a 23ft-high atrium, creating a central space for dining and a cocktail bar. A new galleried mezzanine will add further seating, with feature brick walls on the lower level and a more intimate private dining area and lounge space above.
Brian Connor, Titanic Hotel Liverpool general manager, says “1848 is an exciting addition to Stanley Dock and provides an opportunity to give another one of the site’s historic buildings a new lease of life.
“The venue has such a distinctive character, and as with Titanic Hotel, retaining its original features while creating a contemporary space has been a key priority throughout the redevelopment. We’re looking forward to welcoming guests to 1848 Stanley Dock later this year, and introducing a new dining experience to Liverpool.”
Stanley Dock officially opened in 1848, with the pumphouse added shortly after in 1855. Housing the hydraulic pumping systems that powered the dock gates, capstans, cargo cranes and tobacco presses across both the North and South Warehouses for decades. The decline of Liverpool’s maritime trade led to Stanley Dock’s closure in 1985, until Harcourt Development bought the site in 2010.
1848 Stanley Dock is the latest phase of the ongoing £250 million regeneration plan for the area and is due to open to the public later this year.
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Previously on e-architect:
26 Sep 2022
Planning Consent For £120 Million 200-seat Super-restaurant In Lverpool
Stanley Dock Pumphouse Will Be Liverpool’s Finest Waterfront Restaurant
Images by Casa E Progetti / Stanley Dock Properties
Stanley Dock Pumphouse Restaurant
• Liverpool City Council have granted planning permission for a new £120 million 200-seat super-restaurant in Liverpool, which will be the city’s finest waterfront restaurant
• Stanley Dock Properties has been granted detailed planning consent from Liverpool City Council to transform the historic Grade II* listed Victorian Hydraulic Pumphouse Station in Stanley Dock into Liverpool’s finest new luxury waterfront restaurant
• Planning consent allows for the development of a new super-restaurant providing a circa 4,400 sq.ft. (410 sq.m.) destination eatery able to seat up to 200 diners
• New super-restaurant is part of the £250 million (GDV) regeneration of Stanley Dock into the city’s most exclusive address providing hotel, restaurants and new homes
• The designs for the new restaurant in the Pumphouse were devised by award-winning architectural practice Darmody Architecture
• The interior of the Pumphouse has four distinct spaces – an entrance hall, boiler room, accumulator tower and engine room
• The new restaurant is part of the £120 million (GDV) next phase of works at Stanley Dock
• With the consented design allowing for the restoration of the entrance hall, with large existing feature doorway, which will lead into the spectacular main dining space of the new restaurant
• The main dining space will consist of the boiler room, incorporating a contemporary glazed extension, creating a stunning glass walled dining space with an 18.5 ft high glass ceiling overlooking the dock. Glazed doors will open onto an outside waterfront dining terrace
• Connecting the glazed extension and original brick boiler house is an inner atrium with a 23 ft high ceiling which will house dining and a cocktail bar
• A galleried mezzanine floor will be installed in the boiler house to create a dining area with feature brick walls on the lower level and on the upper level a private dining space, lounge areas and guest clockrooms/WCs
• The engine room will be transformed into another spectacular dining space with a 36 ft high ceiling with new feature roof
• The brick chimney and part of the boiler room will be converted into a stunning open plan professional chef’s kitchen for the restaurant, visible to customers from the dining area
• With the accumulator tower providing storage facilities
• The Hydraulic Pumphouse Station at Stanley Dock was designed by Jessie Hartley and originally built in 1854-1855
• With the grand brick building in its heyday housing steam-driven hydraulic pumping machinery, made by William Armstrong Co of Newcastle, boilers, chimney and a granite stone hydraulic accumulator tower, believed to be the oldest surviving tower of its kind in the world
• The Pumphouse overlooks waters of the dock and is located adjacent to the historic North Warehouse (built in 1854-1855) which is now the 153 bed Titanic Hotel, one of Liverpool’s most luxurious hotels
• During the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the Pumphouse was used to power the lifts, cranes and tobacco press machines in the North Warehouse and South Warehouse (now the luxurious Tobacco Warehouse providing loft apartments and penthouses)
• Between 1949 and 1959 new electronic lifts, forklift trucks and presses were gradually installed in the warehouses, so by 1960 the pumphouse became redundant and gradually fell into disrepair
Stanley Dock Pumphouse Restaurant Liverpool Waterfront
Pat Power, Director at Stanley Dock Properties says: “Stanley Dock Properties are delighted to have been granted detailed planning consent by Liverpool City Council to restore and transform the Grade II* listed historic Pumphouse at Stanley Dock into a new destination restaurant which we believe will become the finest waterfront eatery in the city. This restoration project is part of the regeneration of Stanley Dock into the most exclusive residential and leisure destination in Liverpool.”
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Pat Power adds: “This will be a major restoration project as the Pumphouse is in need of a new roof and other structural interventions in order to return it to beneficial use. We are currently reviewing the food offering, branding, interior fit out and operator for the new restaurant, to be announced at a later date alongside details of when construction of the new eatery will begin and an anticipated opening date.”
Apartments at Tobacco Warehouse are available priced from £270,000. Selling agents are Logic Estates. For further information on Stanley Dock and Tobacco Warehouse contact Tel: +44 (0)151 920 2404 or visit www.tobaccowarehouse.co.uk
Stanley Dock Pumphouse Waterfront Restaurant
The Hydraulic Pumphouse Station at Stanley Dock was designed by Jessie Hartley and originally built in 1854-1855 with the grand brick building in its heyday housing steam-driven hydraulic pumping machinery, made by William Armstrong Co of Newcastle, boilers, chimney and a granite stone hydraulic accumulator tower, believed to be the oldest surviving tower of its kind in the world.
Image Credit: Casa E Progetti/Stanley Dock Properties
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